I kind of get it.  

Hawaii, like you said, gets the worst seeded team, giving them a chance of a win in their own tournament.  Wash St., the best seeded team, likely negotiates a deal that gives them the easiest path to two wins and the finals, giving them the next worst seed and Hawaii.  

That puts everyone else in one half of the bracket.

B.

Gwmayhem wrote:

Florida Colonial wrote:

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The bracket for the 2022 Diamond Head Classic is set.
Iona/SMU
Seattle/Utah State
Washington State/GW
Hawaii/Pepperdine

Very odd pairings.  Using last year's KenPom ratings as a guide:

Iona (89) vs SMU (62)
Seattle (139) vs Utah State (60)
Hawaii (169) vs Pepperdine (279)
GW (226) vs Wash. State (44)

I'd say they lined up Iona/SMU as a strong tv matchup except all games are televised by ESPN2 or ESPNU.

4 of the top 5 schools on one side of the draw?  I get Hawaii receiving the easiest opening game but even still, this is very unbalanced.

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Good news LSF.  It's 9:00 pm EST.

The following night, it's either 10:00 pm EST or midnight.

Then on Christmas Day, we'll be on at a watchable hour (could impact those Chinese food/movie plans).

Most inbred fans: Tennessee or Louisville? Vote in my poll!

Gwmayhem wrote:

Sadly, GWRising's Hatchet article primarily served to remind me that The Washington Post used to write about this program.  Though I do detect a pattern.  The game articles were small with a beat writer eventually replaced by a two paragraph AP account.  But if you really wanted to read about GW basketball in the Post?  Huge articles to choose from ranging from Richie Parker to a postgame brawl in Hawaii to Omargate to Lonergan/Nero.  Not nearly as much attention paid to a 27-3 season, an NIT Championship, or players from fraudulent high schools graduating from GW on time.

 I would make one minor amendment to your post. I would say it was a player not players that graduated from GW as I'm not sure Maureece Rice ever graduated. Omar Williams did for sure.

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